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  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    Wetherspoons warns of first-half losses

    UK chain hits out at ‘partygate’ and says rules should have allowed ministers and aides to go to a pub

  • Monday, 20 December, 2021
    We should welcome the workers’ paradise at Wetherspoons

    UK has been slow to embrace the idea of employee representation on corporate boards

  • Monday, 20 December, 2021
    Wetherspoons appoints employee directors to its board

    Move follows tussles with investors over pub group’s approach to corporate governance

  • Monday, 13 December, 2021
    Wetherspoons warns of hit from ‘lockdown by stealth’

    Pub group says fresh Covid curbs risk wiping out profit

  • Friday, 12 November, 2021
    UK retail results
    Investors’ Chronicle: Halfords, JD Wetherspoon, ITV

    Companies analysis from our sister publication

  • Wednesday, 10 November, 2021
    Wetherspoons hit by ‘cautious’ older customers’ reluctance to return

    Sales of traditional ales and stouts down almost a third compared with 2019 over Covid fears

  • Friday, 1 October, 2021
    Wetherspoon reports record annual loss following lockdowns

    Late summer sales at UK pub group lag behind rivals

  • Wednesday, 1 September, 2021
    Wetherspoons latest group to battle shortages as some beers run dry

    Pub chain blames strike action as it joins others suffering from supply chain disruption

  • Monday, 19 July, 2021
    UK business & economy
    ‘Freedom day’ in England proves ‘damp squib’ for bars hoping to lure back customers

    Many chains dial down promotions amid soaring coronavirus infections

  • Wednesday, 7 July, 2021
    Wetherspoons hits out at plans for post-pandemic VAT increase

    Staged increase to 20% over next year would hurt hospitality industry, UK pub group says

  • Friday, 2 April, 2021
    City InsiderBryce Elder
    Investing platform ill-prepared for Deliveroo flotation flop

    PrimaryBid co-founder James Deal spent tech group’s IPO day fielding calls from Saint Lucia

  • Friday, 19 March, 2021
    City Bulletin
    JD Wetherspoon attacks government’s lockdown measures Premium content

    Goldman analysts’ leaked slide deck, Merryn Somerset Webb on Deliveroo

  • Friday, 19 March, 2021
    Wetherspoons hits out at UK lockdowns after record loss

    Pub chain says Covid restrictions have caused ‘economic and social mayhem and colossal debts’

  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    Wetherspoon founder sells £50m of shares

    Tim Martin’s sale comes a week after second fundraising by UK pub chain

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Investments
    Investors’ Chronicle: JD Wetherspoon, IG Group, Argo Blockchain

    Companies analysis from our sister publication

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Wetherspoon taps investors for second time in pandemic

    Pub chain planning to raise £90m as uncertainty from UK lockdown hits

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    LombardBryce Elder
    Struggling landlords need a champion, not Wetherspoons chairman

    Tim Martin grapples with the government; Homebase owner looks to sell amid pandemic DIY boom

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    Wetherspoons chairman hits out at ‘baffling’ Covid restrictions

    Pub chain warns its costs will be £11m a month higher during second lockdown

  • Monday, 2 November, 2020
    Food & Beverage
    Pubs and restaurants slash prices ahead of second lockdown

    Rush in England to offload food and beer in effort to curb losses but waste feared to be ‘inevitable’

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    Wetherspoons pushed by Covid to first annual loss since 1984

    Chairman Tim Martin warns new government regulations have made outlook unpredictable

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    LombardKate Burgess
    Last orders loom for big indebted pub groups

    National inn chains suffer as new lockdown policy heralds more pub closures

  • Monday, 14 September, 2020
    Lex
    JD Wetherspoon/rule of six: sobering up Premium content

    Hopes of an early return to ‘vertical drinking’ have been scotched

  • Monday, 24 August, 2020
    LombardRio Tinto PLC
    Accountability for Rio’s destructive actions should start at top

    Warm words on ESG look empty after dynamiting of Aboriginal sites; JD Wetherspoon looks lively

  • Monday, 24 August, 2020
    Wetherspoons warns of annual loss after hit from pandemic

    British pub operator says lift from Eat Out to Help Out scheme will wane

  • Friday, 22 May, 2020
    Food & Beverage
    Beer goggles and screens among Wetherspoon’s post-Covid plans

    Protective clothing for bar staff and drinks ordered to table by app among new-look guidelines from UK pub group

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